does anyone know how I can make flannel cakes?

rosekitten

rainmac wrote: »

Just wanted to share my first 'gift tray' I've made...



This is for my brother's girlfriend for her birthday. The theme is relax and unwind. I used a cupcake tray from Morrisons, cupcake mug from Homebase with a scrunchy inside, a flannel cupcake, a glass candle holder and two Yankee Candle candles (they smell divine, want to keep them for myself really!), 4 sachets hot choc drink (inside candle holder) and a glass jar of homemade lemon bath salts with a mini wooden scoop.

I'm really pleased with it. A BIG 'thank you' to everyone for all the inspiration and tip-offs about where to source cupcake themed items! Extra thanks to mary43 for the web link about making gifts in jars which is where I got the 'recipe' for the lemon bath salts (massive success with this and I will be making this for loads more people this year as it's so easy, not expensive and looks really pretty).

Just hope she likes the present - if not, I'm happy to keep it as I love it!!!

rainmac

That is really nice your brother`s
girlfriend will love it,many thaks for
posting pics these are now in our
little hall of fame on the front page.
I fancy having a go at the lemon
bath salts,anyone got the link ?

rosekitten

I was in Primark today they are
selling a hat box with a carry handle
decorated with tea cups and cakes
and inside are four mugs all with
the same tea cup & cake design
the whole lot including the box
was £3.You could pay £3 in a card
shop just for the box on its own
so filled with four mugs made it
really good value.

rainmac

rosekitten wrote: »

rainmac

That is really nice your brother`s
girlfriend will love it,many thaks for
posting pics these are now in our
little hall of fame on the front page.
I fancy having a go at the lemon
bath salts,anyone got the link ?

This is the link for the gifts in a jar site - weblink, the bath salts are on the bath and body crafts link at the top. There are recipes for fizzy salts that I quite fancy having a go at. I bought my plain bath salts on ebay but going to have a look elsewhere as I'm sure I can get them cheaper - maybe the chemist?

rainmac

rosekitten wrote: »

I was in Primark today they are
selling a hat box with a carry handle
decorated with tea cups and cakes
and inside are four mugs all with
the same tea cup & cake design
the whole lot including the box
was £3.You could pay £3 in a card
shop just for the box on its own
so filled with four mugs made it
really good value.

Sounds fab, think what you could make with all of that!!!

princesspoppypop

Yeahy I got the fairy cake sandwich tray!

My lovely boss was kind enough to pick one up for me as I don`t shop in Morrisons!

I love cupcake things!!!!!!!!!!

rose_sparky

Does anyone know if Epsom Salts are the same as soda crystals?

(For the lemon bath recipe)

she_grinch

I found this site http://www.purplesunrise.com/index.php that does all kinds of cupcake gifts hope it is useful to someone (just type tea and cake in search box as I haven't got the hang of this link thingy yet!!)

rainmac

rose_sparky wrote: »

Does anyone know if Epsom Salts are the same as soda crystals?

(For the lemon bath recipe)

Soda cystals are what you can use for cleaning (in washing machine, stick down plugholes), Epsom Salts are different altogether (I think!). I used Epsom Salts for the lemon bath salts and they are quite fine in texture - similar to table salt really. Bought them from ebay but you pay quite a bit in p&p. Think you can buy Epsom Salts from chemists so I was going to have a look later in the week.

rainmac

she_grinch wrote: »

I found this site http://www.purplesunrise.com/index.php that does all kinds of cupcake gifts hope it is useful to someone (just type tea and cake in search box as I haven't got the hang of this link thingy yet!!)

Lovely things!!! I got an oven glove in the post today that I bought from ebay, looks like it's from the same range as the products on this site. I love the cute doilies but don't know what I'd do with them!

melissa75_2

I was shopping in Asda today and noticed that they have some lovely cupcake pyjamas. They also had some cupcake knickers which were reduced.